Salute-gun.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

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W. DA. RYAN.

SALUTE GUN APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1904.

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W. DA. RYAN.

SALUTE GUN.

APPLICATION FILED Amma, 1904.

l/VALTER DA. RYAN, OF TEST LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SALUTE-GU N.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application led April 23, 1904. Serial No. 204,540.

To @ZZ whom, it Wray concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALTER DA. RYAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of lVest Lynn, Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Salute- Guns, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of that class of toys designed to successively explode a number of cartridges or charges of fulminate or other explosive, primarily for the purpose of making a loud noise.

The object of the invention is to provide a so-called gun of the class noted which shall be of a relatively simple construction and of a nature to permit successive charges to rapidly pass from a magazine to an anvil, so as to be successively exploded by the proper reciprocation of a handle provided with a plunger. This object I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved salute-gun, showing the same as adapted for application to a cane. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the line 3 3, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a slightlymodified form of my invention. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a special form of body and valve which may be employed in my invention, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the removable section in which is carried the valve in that form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

In the above drawings, A is an elongated body, in the construction shown in Fig. 1 of woodhaving fastened to its lower end a tubular portion B, preferably of metal7 and closed at its lower end. Said lower end is in the present instance provided with a transversely-extending channel, which intersects the main tubular channel of the said end B, there being in the channel and directly in line with the bore of the section Ba recess l), wherein the charge or cartridge is exploded. The channel or bore of the end section B is branched toward its upper end, the main portion ol' it extending in the line of a similar channel within the body portion A of the gun and the other opening into an enlarged portion of the end section B, within which operates a valve C. Said structure C is movable in a line substantially at right angles to the line of the bore b" of the gun, and its end valve is moved so as to compress the spring Y c said passage c"i is in line with a magazinetube D, entering the enlarged portion of the section B and extending parallel to the body A of the gun, to which it is fastened in any desired manner. Said magazine-tube has a vertically-extending slit, whereby the number of charges contained in it may be ascertained at a glance, and its upper end is provided with an opening d for the introduction of the charges or cartridges.

The gunis provided with a plunger E, which is movable in the bore or channel of the body portion A, as well as in the continuation of said channel found in the section B, there being upon said plunger a handle e.

The body portion A of the gun and its end section are preferably united, as shown, by providing the said section with a recess in its upper end, into which said body-section fits, and holding the body in position by'means of screws, one of which is shown at a'.

If now a number of cartridges or charges of some explosive, such as fulminating-powder, be placed through the opening d in the magazine-tube B, the lowermost of these will rest upon the upper face of the valve C, but cannot pass into its passage c3, since this is out of line with the magazine-tube by reason of the action of the spring c upon said valve. lf now the handle e be grasped and the plunger E be forced downward, the end of said plunger will act upon the inclined end of the valve, compressing the spring c and forcing said valve out of the way, so as to permit the plunger to move downwardly in the bore b. Such movement of the valve will bring the passage c3 in line with the magazine-tube D and a single cartridge or charge is permitted to enter said passage. Since the passage is not in line with the branch channel b", said cartridge will be retained in it until the plungerEis raised relatively to the sectionB, when the spring c will force the valve into its normal position and the charge or cartridge willV ICO pass from the passage c3 into the bore b', finally coming to rest at the bottom of the recess b. If now the plunger E be again moved downwardly, the valve C will be moved into position to receive another charge, while the end of the plunger will forcibly strike the cartridge within said recess b and will explode the same, whatever gases are given off passing out through the transverse passage b4 in the lower portion of the section B. The upward movement of the plunger E permits a second charge to fall into the recess b, and the above series of operations may be continued as long as cartridges are supplied from the magazine-tube D.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have illustrated a construction in which the valve for controlling the delivery of charges from the magazine is pivotally supported upon a removable structure inserted in the casting forming the lower section B of this form of my improved gun. This structure G is preferably cylindrical in form, having in its opposite sides recesses g and g2, placed to be in line with the branch passage bf and with the bore b of the gun. From the lower portion of'said structure G extend two arms g3, between which the valve C is carried upon a spindle or pin c5, said valve being in the form of a plate having two forwardly-projecting portions c6 and c7, extending in the present case substantially at right angles to it. A spring 08, coiled on the pin c5, normally retains the valve in the position shown in Fig. 5, with its portion c6 projecting into the branch passage b and its portion c7 entering the bore b. As before, the downward movement of a plunger in the bore b moves the valve C to permit a single cartridge o9 to escape from the magazine which is connected to the passage bs into the space between the portions c and c7 of the valve. l/Vhen the plunger is again moved upwardly, the spring cS turns the valve so that the cartridge is allowed to pass into the bore b, and so to the recess b in the lower portion of the gun.

If desired, the gun may be constructed, as in Fig. 4, without any body portion A, there being on the upper portion of the magazine D merely a guiding-strap d, through which is passed the plunger E. j

In Fig. 5 the lower section B is shown as provided with an upwardly-extending lug b9 for attachment to the body-section A.

It may be noted that one advantage possessed by my improved gun is due to the fact that the body A, being preferably of the length of an ordinary cane, is grasped and held during the operation of the plunger E, so that there is no jarring of the cartridges in the magazine, and conse uently no possibility of injury to the cartri ges or danger from premature explosion thereof.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination in a salute-gun of a structure having a main passage, and a branch passage formed in two parts out of line with each other, a slide-valve having a passage and movable to bring said passage into line with one or other of the parts of the branch passage, and a plunger movable in the main passage for operating the valve and exploding a cartridge, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a salute-gun of a structure provided with two passages opening into a common chamber in different lines, a valve in said chamber having a passage and movable to bring said passage in line with either of said other passages, a spring active on said valve, with a plunger for moving the valve in opposition to said spring, substantially as described.

3. A toy including an elongatedtubular body, a plunger therein, a magazine for cartridges, a valve movable by the plunger for successively delivering cartridges from said magazine to the tubular body and a spring inl dependent of the plunger and directly operative upon the valve, said spring tending to move said valve in opposition to the plunger,

substantially as described.

4. A toy including a plunger, a structure having an exploding-chamber placed to be entered by the plunger, a magazine, a spring, and a valve actuated thereby independently of said plunger, said valve being movable by the plunger in opposition to said spring and being placed to receive cartridges from the magazine and deliver the same to said exploding-chamber, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a tubular body having its bore provided with a striking-plate, a plunger movable within the bore, a valve mechanically independent of the plunger and of the body, having a portion projecting into said bore so as to be engaged and actuated by the plunger, a spring directly operative upon the valve to move it in opposition to the plunger, and a magazine, said valve being formed to receive a cartridge from the magazine and deliver the same to the bore of the body, and both the plunger and said body being extended so as to permit one of the same being held in position while the other is operated, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a tubular body having within it a branched passage, a magazine, a springactuated valve having an opening normally in communication with one branch of said passage, with a plunger in the other branch of the passage and placed to engage the valve to move it in opposition to its spring so that its opening will communicate with the magazine, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a tubular structure having a plunger and a valve having a beveled end projecting into the path of the plun'- ger, a spring tending to retain the valve in such position, and a magazine, said valve hav- IOO IIO

ing an [opening which communicates with the magazine when the valve projects into the path of the plunger and with the bore of the tubular structure when said valve is moved back by the plunger, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a tubular body having a magazine attached to its side and provided with a chamber communicating with said magazine and with its bore, a valve in said chamber having through it a passage, a spring normally holding the valve so that its passage connects with the bore of the body, and a plunger in the body for moving the valve so that its passage connects with the magazine, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a tubular body having a transverse opening at its lower end, a

lunger movable in the body, a valve carried y the body and movable by the plunger in a straight line substantially at right angles thereto, means in addition to the plunger for positively moving said valve and a magazine connecting with the valve-chamber, there being a passage from the valve-chamber entering the bore of the body between the valve and the transverse opening at the lower end thereof, substantially as described.

10. The combination of a tubular body having a metallic end section, and provided with a chamber connecting with its bore, a plunger movable in the` body and in said section, a valve movable in the chamber of the body and provided with an inclined portion, and means for normally holding said portion of the valve in the path of said plunger, said valve having in it an opening normally connecting with the passage from the bore of the body, substantially as described.

l1. The combination of a tubular body having a magazine, a valve, anda plunger for causing the valve to successively connect with the magazine and the tubular bore of the body, said valve being movable in a line substantially at right angles to the line of the plunger and being placed to be engaged by the end of the same, substantially as described.

12. The combination in a salute-gun of a body having two communicating passages extending adjacent to each other, a magazine connected to one passage, a plunger in the other passage and a valve having portions normally extending into both passages, said valve being placed to be moved by engagement with the end of the plunger, substantially as described.

13. The combination of a tubular body having in it two passages, a plunger in one passage, a magazine connected to the other, and a valve operated by the plunger normally extending into both passages, the portion of said valve which extends into the plungerpassage being inclined to the line of movement of said plunger, and the plunger and magazine being adjacent to each other on the same side of the valve when said plunger is in its raised position, substantially as described.

14. The combination of a tubular body having in it two passages, a plunger in one passage, a magazine connected to the other, and a valve normally extending into both passages, the portion of said valve which eX- tends into the plunger-passage being inclined to the li-ne of movement of said plunger, with a spring tending to retain said inclined portion of the valve projected into the plungerpassage, substantially as described.

l5. The combination of a tubular body provided with a striking-plate, a plunger movable within the bore of said body, a valve operated by engagement with the end of the plunger, a spring acting directly on the valve and tending to move it in opposition to the plunger, and a magazine, said valve being formed to receive a cartridge from said magazine and deliver the same to the bore of the tubular body, and said body and the plunger being both of relatively great length so as to permit ol one of the same being held While the other is operated, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof` I have signed my name to this speci'lication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER DA. RYAN.

Wvitnesses z M. ELvA NEVILLE, WILLIAM E. BRADLEY. 

